can i have wide screen in patinum 9

Im currently using vegas movie studio 9 im thinking of upgrading it to the platinum version so i can render in hd, does this programm upload to youtube in widescreen instead of having black bars on the side, or will i have to still use the pan and crop ?

If your original footage is 4:3 you can stretch the image to widescreen (16:9) if that's what you want to do. Or keep the black bars either side of the picture or as you say fit the image to a widescreen size by cutting off the top and bottom bits of you picture using the Pan/Crop tool.